Can't clear deleted events from my hard drive

I guess I'm pretty new at this. I deleted a few events by hitting the delete key but my hard drive is still nearly full. I can't find them now under events or rejected clips or in my movie folder at all. I guess I need to learn how to delete them properly. But how do I now find those (now seemingly hidden) files and delete the properly?

It's not that. My trash can is empty and re-emptying it doesn't help. The files are apparently hidden from my sight so I don't know how to select them and delete. I tried to do a word search for the title, but that also brings nothing. I had 44 gigs free before this new movie event and now I have only 5 gigs free. So it's got to be somewhere.

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